{"id":951312,"date":"2026-01-01T10:28:18","date_gmt":"2026-01-01T10:28:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/alan-wake-and-control-film-and-television-rights-acquired-by-annapurna"},"modified":"2026-01-01T10:28:18","modified_gmt":"2026-01-01T10:28:18","slug":"alan-wake-and-control-film-and-television-rights-acquired-by-annapurna","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/alan-wake-and-control-film-and-television-rights-acquired-by-annapurna\/","title":{"rendered":"Alan Wake and Control film and television rights acquired by Annapurna"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/alan-wake-and-control-film-and-television-rights-acquired-by-annapurna.jpg\" \/> <\/p>\n<p>\nRemedy Entertainment has announced a new partnership that&#8217;ll see Annapurna Pictures financing half of <a data-keyword=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/control-2\">Control 2<\/a> in exchange for the film and TV rights to Control and Alan Wake.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nControl 2 &#8211; the sequel to Remedy&#8217;s acclaimed 2019 paranormal shooter &#8211; was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/remedy-officially-announces-sequel-to-control\">officially announced back in 2022<\/a>. Earlier this month, the studio <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/max-payne-1-2-remake-enters-full-production-control-2-features-in-playable-form\">revealed the project had now entered full production<\/a>, and that the Control 2 team was currently &#8220;working towards developing the game to an early functional state from beginning to end.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\nRemedy announced its new partnership in a <a href=\"https:\/\/investors.remedygames.com\/announcements\/remedy-entertainment-plc-inside-information-remedy-and-annapurna-announce-a-strategic-partnership-agreement-on-control-2-and-bringing-control-and-alan-wake-to-film-and-television\/\">statement shared on its website<\/a>, confirming Annapurna will finance 50 percent of Control 2&#8217;s development budget and gain the rights to &#8220;expand the award-winning Control and Alan Wake franchises into film and television&#8221;.\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/alan-wake-and-control-film-and-television-rights-acquired-by-annapurna\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/alan-wake-and-control-film-and-television-rights-acquired-by-annapurna\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Remedy Entertainment has announced a new partnership that&#8217;ll see Annapurna Pictures financing half of Control 2 in exchange for the film and TV rights to Control and Alan Wake. Control 2 &#8211; the sequel to Remedy&#8217;s acclaimed 2019 paranormal shooter &#8211; was officially announced back in 2022. Earlier this month, the studio revealed the project had now entered full production, and that the Control 2 team was currently &#8220;working towards developing the game to an early functional state from beginning to end.&#8221; Remedy announced its new partnership in a statement shared on its website, confirming Annapurna will finance 50 percent of Control 2&#8217;s development budget and gain the rights to &#8220;expand the award-winning Control and Alan Wake franchises into film and television&#8221;. 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